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Zach is in the process of restoring/restoring a Cub Cadet 682 for a missionary friend of ours that we met in Ohio. He is tired of “throw away” lawn tractors and when he saw Blackbeard, he asked Zach if he had anything similar that he would be willing to sell. Zach picked up an estate sale 682 a couple of years ago with the intention of a refurbish and resale. This was the perfect “nudge” that he needed to move forward with the project! Zach wants to become part of the RS family but he is trying to decide on an alias. I suggested combining his first and middle names to “Zaxel” but he is undecided. Because of Blackbeard I also suggested “Edward Teach”. He liked that—historical pirate 🏴‍☠️ etc. However, as you all can see by this thread, he has been into tractors since he was a little kid. Zach taking ownership of Blackbeard on his 3rd birthday 2016 Cutting lawn on Blackbeard a couple of months before his 13th birthday! It’s hard to believe how fast the time has flown😱

Not “to” my WH but “for” it. In the fall, I made a small cart to hold my 36” RD Gear mower deck for easier storage and movement during its off season. An unanticipated benefit was easy access for sharpening and cleaning and for re-greasing one of the gearboxes. Now that I’ve got the mower back on the tractor, I decided to upgrade the cart so that it’ll hold the blade. Here it is with the mower and now with the blade.

for all the well wishes and being folks I can count on for support and a few laughs. Just finished off some great pulled pork, onion rings, and peach cobbler with my wife, neighbors and other good friends.

More pictures of the diesel the fender painted again

April 30, 1952 Mr. Potato Head is the first toy advertised on television.

I picked up a well worn 867 several months ago. Took it apart to determine what I had to work with and started a list of parts I’d need to bring it back to life. I Found the matches under the fender pan.

Happy Happy Richard You know dang well what pic I'm gonna put up! The Old Coots Club! Man that was fun!

Same here. Redsquare is as close as I will get. I've also noticed a drop in new posts and such, but thought it was just me. I think occasional ebbs and flows are inevitable. Not necessarily cause for alarm. I've seen many changes here over the years. There were 30 members when I joined. I've also stepped completely away when life required it as well. I think highs and lows are natural occurrences. That being said, I'm open for whatever changes the admin and mods come up with. I may not always agree with them (like 99%), but they've kept this train on the rails for a very long time.

Loaded the 1076, plow, and deck for the Steam-o-Rama show tomorrow. Hopefully this rain will stop tomorrow.

The saga of the super slow rebuild continues!

More pictures of the diesel it almost done and looks good to me that All it matters 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁 😁

This tractor needed a lot of repair or replacement parts so I met up with a buddy who supplied me with most all the parts needed to put a nice tractor together.

For me personally the reason I haven't been posting as much lately on here, is because I haven't had the time to work much on the tractors. I have used them for a lot of outdoor stuff, and that's part of the reason I haven't had time to work on them. Also have been doing work on our vehicles as well. I'm guessing a lot of people are also busy with spring stuff, so unless they are taking photos of their tractors in use and posting them there will probably be less posts. I agree, for a lot of people I think they also only use this forum when they have a question or are working on their tractors. And I can relate to that, I don't post enough on other peoples threads, it does take a bit of commitment to do that.

Back moving under its own power sooner than I anticipated. Need to have the AGS mounted next and swap the tri-ribs from the C120 over and remount the dozer blade.

I agree 100% And 953 nut.

Happy Birthday @953 nut!!!

Love em both Welcome Z!!

Don, I have one. Do you need it before the show?

Can you get the brass center jet out? I did that on one and found a spider nest in it. Had to clean it manually. Solvent wouldn't dissolve spider silk.

Definitely. Does the lower shaft penetrate the carb body or is it in a “pocket”? Penetration: can leak air. Pocket: cannot leak air. 😉 I do believe most are pockets for two reasons: 1) so that the base of the shaft is supported, which keeps the plate centered in the throat, and 2) no leaking air!

That would be my . A down and dirty test would be to cover the bottom with grease to see if air in-leakage at the bottom is causing the problem.

PM me your address. I'll send you one. They're very hard to find because they're aluminum. McMaster does not sell them. Definitely.

Anything your pockets are deep enough to finance CAN be done, and we are here to help you spend your money! If you have or can find a K301 that has all The S/G parts and pieces already in place that would be your best bet. If you go the full S/G route you may need to do a bit of rewiring but we can help you get it done.

Have a Great Day Richard

Yes. If you want the complete Start /Gen look you will have to either remove the ring gear from the flywheel or get the correct flywheel to use the non hump shroud. Same thing with the small blocks. This 875 has an engine from a B 80

Happy Birthday Richard !!!

Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉

HAPPPPY BIRTHDAY

CAT motors are the Cats meow!

Finally got to split the trans for the 10-8 today. Sure did have some water in it. Got it cleaned up, replaced all the seals and reassembled. Got it back installed but now needs some new woodruff keys for the axles and drive pulley. In theory it’ll be back up and moving under its own power Monday.

Is the little rubber O ring in the hole on the carb body for the low idle screw? Air sucking in there would be an issue

Hot chocolate. I have 2 mugs at work. One is a Tazmanian Devil mug And another that says : " It's amazing what you can accomplish with a little whining!"

and if installed correctly, the electric pump is self priming. How would you install it incorrectly? I decided this morning to go with an electric for this C101 I'm working on right now, and I think I know the proper way to install one, as close to the tank as possible, add a filter in front of it, and pay attention to the flow arrow. I'm gonna feed mine from the ignition circuit at the switch and add a fuse for it behind the dash, I just have finished replacing the wiring so I'm familiar with it right now.

Show Off ! LOL Is that mug serial number 1 ?

Just taking a stab as I know Paul is an experienced engine guy. Main jet needle holes and clean them with a piece of copper wire. ( I use copper wire in all the holes and passages because it's a soft material that won't scratch or gouge anything) Spray into the holes as that needle is actually a tube so spray should come out the top holes too. The pointed tip should be smooth. You could try just changing the jet needle from carb to carb and that may tell you if there's a difference or if there's an issue there.

It will if you add an old style mid Tach A Matic that has the pre-mule drive belt set up to the 953 as I did on "Hot Wheels" that @Pullstart already owns, just need to mount the plates on the inside to make up for the frame width or he could mount a new type mule drive to the front of the 953. I suspect @Ed Kennell has the parts and pieces needed either way.

For the past thirty years or so the Kohler fuel pumps have all been made of plastic. I agree with @ebinmaine that a low pre3ssure electric pump would be a superior choice. You can power it from the supply that feeds your hour meter that way it is fuse protected and turns off with the ignition. You can find them on eBay for about the same price as the mechanical ones. I use these on all of my Wheel Horses.

Having wheels, and rigging it to use a hitch attachment, is a big plus if you need to take it on and off. Unless you're like @ebinmaine and have a fleet of tractors where you have it on a dedicated machine.

Fixed that for you

me neither, but I’ll look into it. No need to hold anything, it’s not pressing

I agree that it had no place in gasoline, it is there to force people to buy it and in turn to buy the farm votes. I had issues years ago before ethanol resistant fuel system materials were available. My thought is that many of the problems are brought on by the users allowing the fuel to be exposed to the atmosphere. I was going to move to all ethanol free, but that isn’t going to happen at current inflated prices. If folks think that they can buy 9 gallons of gasoline and a gallon of ethanol and then pour in a small amount of snake oil they can make that gallon of corn squeezins go away have at it.

Per your questions and input I've done some more research. I used different terminology in my web search. There is a gas station 10 minutes away that sells ethanol free gas. I'll drive by soon and verify it. Because of what you all said about the damage to rubber I disassembled the carburetor. I found 2 o-rings that were in bad shape. I'm sure that had something to do with the carb leaking gas. I did put Stabil 360 in my last purchase of gas. Supposedly it deals with ethanol, although it doesn't specify how. I ordered a rebuild kit for the carb, and I'm installing new fuel line and fuel filter. I will also clean the fuel tank because it's currently empty. Ebinmaine mentioned a fuel pump too, but I don't think my B & S 15.5hp engine has one. Fuel goes from the tank right to the carb. Thanks for helping this "frowned upon" vertical out.😉

Uni Pro KM 125 is a direct replacement. I got mine from tractorseats.com. They also have the seat switch.

Zach cuttin’ lawn for the first time this season on BlackBeard!